Louisiana Tech hopes to keep its high-octane offense firing on all cylinders as the Bulldogs take a break from Conference USA play for a 2:30 p.m. contest Saturday to take on UMass at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts.

The game between Tech and UMass will be televised on the American Sports Network with Eric Frede (play-by-play) and Andy Gresh (analyst) calling the action. The broadcast will also be available to stream live on WatchESPN and the ESPN app.

Louisiana Tech overcame a sluggish start Saturday, heating up late in the first half and never looking back as the Bulldogs defeated Marshall 81-57 in Conference USA play before a crowd of 4,731 at the Thomas Assembly Center.

But it sure didn’t look like that would happen early on.

Tech was forced to face its largest home deficit of the season nine minutes into the game as Marshall built a 22-9 advantage.

But then the Bulldogs seemed to receive a wake-up call, heating up in a hurry to pull ahead by double-figures at the half at 44-30.

But chess can take a long time to learn, and Lincoln Preparatory School found that out the hard way Friday night as Cedar Creek stormed away in the second half for a 38-0 win at Cougar Stadium.

Cedar Creek climbed to 3-1 on the season with the win while Lincoln Prep fell to 1-3.
Lincoln Prep kept things tight in the opening half, trailing at intermission only 8-0 off a 52-yard run by Cedar Creek’s Mitchell Spillers at the 2:06 mark of the first quarter followed by a two-point conversion run by Jace Moss.